📅 September 28 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on September 28? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1542Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo reached San Diego — the first European to arrive in California
- 1889The exact length of the meter was officially set
- 1924A team of US Army pilots finished the first flight around the world
- 1928Alexander Fleming discovered the mold that makes penicillin
- 2008SpaceX’s Falcon 1 became the first privately built liquid-fuel rocket to reach orbit
🎂 Born on September 28
- 📜 Confucius (551 BC) — Chinese philosopher (traditional date)
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September 28 quiz
In what year? ⛵ Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo reached San Diego — the first European to arrive in California
In what year? 📏 The exact length of the meter was officially set
In what year? ✈️ A team of US Army pilots finished the first flight around the world
Which famous person was born on September 28?